A study on the effectiveness of the application of information technology in the teaching and learning of the grade 10 English listenning skill at Hermann Gmeiner school - Vinh

- - VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES TÔN ANH ĐÀO A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF GRADE 10 ENGLISH LISTENING SKILL AT HERMANN GMEINER SCHOOL-VINH (Nghiên cứu tính hiệu ứng dụng công nghệ thông tin việc dạy häc kỹ nghe tiếng Anh 10 trường phổ thông Hermann Gmeiner -Vinh) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field : English Teaching Methodology Code: 60.14.10 HANOI – 2011 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES - - FACULTY OF POST- GRADUATE STUDIES TÔN ANH ĐÀO A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF GRADE 10 ENGLISH LISTENING SKILL AT HERMANN GMEINER SCHOOL-VINH (Nghiên cứu tính hiệu ứng dụng công nghệ thông tin việc dạy häc kỹ nghe tiếng Anh 10 trường phổ thông Hermann Gmeiner -Vinh ) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60.14.10 Supervisor: Dr Đỗ Tuấn Minh HANOI – 2011 - - TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages Declaration i Acknowledgements ii Abstract iii Table of contents iv List of abbreviations vii List of tables viii List of figures ix List of pictures ix PART I – INTRODUCTION 1 Rationale Aims of the study Research questions Scope of the study Method of the study Significance of the study Design of the study PART II – DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 1.1 How is technology intergrated into education? 1.1.1 What is educational technology? 1.1.2 How is computer intergrated into education? 1.2 Computer-Assisted Language Learning 1.2.1 Definition of Call 1.2.2 The development of Call 1.3 CALL and language teaching and learning 1.4 Computer as an IT tool in language teaching and learning 1.5 CALL and listening skill 12 - - CHAPTER II: THE APPLICATION OF THE SOFTWARES IN TEACHING LISTENING TIENG ANH 10 14 2.1 Procedure of a listening lesson 14 2.1.1 Pre-listening 14 2.1.2 While-listening 15 2.1.3 Post-listening 15 2.2 The application of the softwares in designing activities 16 2.2.1 Pre-listening 16 2.2.2 While-listening 18 2.2.3 Post-listening 19 21 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY 3.1 The context of teaching listening skill to 10 th form students at Hermann Gmeiner School – Vinh 21 3.2 Participants 21 3.2.1 Students 22 3.2.2 Teachers 22 3.3 Instruments 23 3.4 Procedure 23 3.4.1 Data collection procedure 23 3.4.2 Data analysis procedure 23 CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS 24 4.1 Findings 24 4.1.1 Teachers and students’ background 24 4.1.1.1 Students’ listening habit relating to computers 24 4.1.1.2 Teachers’ background of using computers in teaching English 24 4.1.2 25 Research question 4.1.2.1 Students’ assessment on the effectiveness of using the softwares in learning listening skill 4.1.2.2 Teachers’ assessment on the effectiveness of the softwares in teaching listening skill 4.1.3 Research question 4.1.3.1 Teachers’ opinions about using the softwares 25 29 33 33 - - 4.1.3.2 Students’ opinions about using the softwares 34 4.1.4 Research question 35 4.1.4.1 As for administrators 35 4.1.4.2 As for teachers 36 4.1.4.3 As for students 36 4.2 37 Implications PART III – CONCLUSION 40 Conclusion 40 Limitations 40 Suggestions 41 References 42 Appendix I Questionnaire for teachers I Questionnaire for students V Screenshots of main teaching listening activities in unit – English 10 XII - - ABSTRACT The role of listening has undergone substantial changes in recent years From being a neglected skill now it seems to be a core course in many language programs because good listening skill is not only valuable for its own sake but also for other aspects of language use such as speaking and reading Therefore, so far, there have been many studies about how to teach and learn listening skill effectively with the help of information technology This study is aimed at introducing and applying IT tools in teaching and learning listening skill in order to investigate their effectiveness In this survey research, the author used two survey questionnaires for teachers and for 50 students of grade 10 in Hermann Gmeiner School - Vinh after they had applied two authoring softwares: Hotpotatoes and Question Tools Editors in their teaching process during the school year 2009-2010 The questionnaire for teachers was in English and the questionnaire for students was in Vietnamese, both of them consist of four parts to investigate the participants’ background of using computers, the effectiveness of applying two authoring softwares in teaching and listening skill, the advantages and disadvantages of using the softwares, finally, the solutions to raise that effectiveness The findings of the questionnaires lead to the conclusion that the two softwares helped both teachers and students in organizing activities of teaching and learning listening skill Teachers can save time in class for more activities and make their listening lessons more attractive and students seem to be more eager in listening classes The third part is the conclusion in which the author concluded some main points of the research, gave out some limitations and suggestions for further study Thank you for evaluating AnyBizSoft PDF Merger! 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